86th Running Of The 24 Hours Of Le Mans, 16-17 June 2018

[2clicks]

I think it's the camera causing that.

I think so too. The Ford's taillights were going absolutely berserk down the Mulsanne when they were onboard with the Corvette, so rationally, it would be a camera illusion.

EDIT: It is indeed. LED refresh rate too fast for human eyes to see, but camera lenses can pick it up just fine.

 

[Michelin Man]

#51 Ferrari with a puncture.

 

[JohnBM01]

Good morning, GTPlaneteers (or at least morning to my fellow American GTP'ers)! How you liking Le Mans 2018 so far?

The race coverage on Velocity is pretty good, I guess. It seems quick and sudden with no real notice for when it's time for commercials. I otherwise think the coverage is okay.

I still keep thinking... "if not now, then when?" ...in regards to Toyota. I just wonder if Toyota can finally win Le Mans considering Le Mans is Toyota's House of Horrors. Awesome looking cars (not just the Toyotas)! It's still early, so anything can happen.

 

[2clicks]

Awww, the the AF Corse Ferrari keeps getting passed. I kinda feel sorry for it.

Feel even more sorry for them now?

 

[Nielsen]

The WEC stream is down for me. Complete catastrophe!

 

[PzR Slim]

I think so too. The Ford's taillights were going absolutely berserk down the Mulsanne when they were onboard with the Corvette, so rationally, it would be a camera anomaly.

It's a discrepancy in the refresh rate of the camera compared to the light.

Same reason stuff like this happens.

 

[Grayfox]

Led lights refreshing. Normal eye can't see it but the cameras pick it up.

Yup.

Those LEDs are Pulse Width Modulated

 

[Silent Drifter]

Good morning, GTPlaneteers (or at least morning to my fellow American GTP'ers)! How you liking Le Mans 2018 so far?

The race coverage on Velocity is pretty good, I guess. It seems quick and sudden with no real notice for when it's time for commercials. I otherwise think the coverage is okay.

I still keep thinking... "if not now, then when?" ...in regards to Toyota. I just wonder if Toyota can finally win Le Mans considering Le Mans is Toyota's House of Horrors. Awesome looking cars (not just the Toyotas)! It's still early, so anything can happen.

GTE Pro/Am is keeping the action alive. LMP1 is pretty much how I would thought it was going to be, with Toyota being the only team to have more pace, then the privateers. But I hope Toyota can finally win. I've been rooting for them since they started WEC.

 

[DesertPenguin]

I think so too. The Ford's taillights were going absolutely berserk down the Mulsanne when they were onboard with the Corvette, so rationally, it would be a camera illusion.

EDIT: It is indeed. LED refresh rate too fast for human eyes to see, but camera lenses can pick it up just fine.

SCIENCE!

 

[raven214]

What's that about? Did he lisp Garcia's name?

I wasn't going to say anything - not trying to poke fun - but he did it 3 or 4 times in a row.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

Feel even more sorry for them now?

Yup. I mean, I'm not primarily rooting for them, but their luck is kinda sucking.

 

[2clicks]

ByKolles are 7th in class? Are they underperforming or just playing it safe?

Edit: 26 seconds off definitely isn't playing it safe. Something's up there.

 

[MaddinICE]

Wainwright in the #86 Gulf Porsche bins it in Indianapolis, almost the same way as Sven Müller in qualy.

 

[twitcher]

I’ve seen lots of instances where it looks like the brake lights are going bezerk, flashing like the rain light or something - but the corvette is wired, it’s just a single wink, only once in a while. Figured it was the camera, but it’s still a little odd

 

[Savolainen83]

#38 limping back to pits with a deflated front right tyre.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Any other onboard streams?

 

[Michelin Man]

Yup #86 lost at Indianopolis, very similar to the #94 on Thursday, and into the tyres too.

 

[MaddinICE]

ByKolles are 7th in class? Are they underperforming or just playing it safe?

Edit: 26 seconds off definitely isn't playing it safe. Something's up there.

They started last because the car had a problem before the formation lap.

 

[2clicks]

That Clearwater Ferrari is a big middle-finger to those GT Sport players who hate chrome liveries. The Proton Competition Porsche is as well, to some extent.

 

[2clicks]

They started last because the car had a problem before the formation lap.

Oh right. Only started watching about 30 minutes in.

 

[Bram Turismo]

ByKolles are 7th in class? Are they underperforming or just playing it safe?

Edit: 26 seconds off definitely isn't playing it safe. Something's up there.

To be honest, ByKolles isn't going anywhere. They've been at it for years now without any hint of succes in their program. I bet they won't last until midnight.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

#11 SMP is shown as on an outlap according to the timing, it has dropped 13 laps (about 3 quarters of an hour).

 

[2clicks]

Seems like everyone accumulated too much time penalties and had to burn them.

 

[20832]

 

[Nexus]

Any other onboard streams?

Toyota and Ford have official onboards on YouTube, don't know if anybody else does though. Porsche used to have onboards on their website, but I don't know if they have those this year.

 

[2clicks]

Best use of this meme so far.

 

[Furinkazen]

Loving the blind Toyota fanboyism about Lotterer at the start, the Toyota forced him off...

 

[Michelin Man]

Not particularly, but hey-ho, each to their own. Wouldn't call it blind "fanboysim" either buy hey...

Not sure what the #8(?) was supposed to do differently, is was going to be a tight one, contact or not with Lotterer going out onto the dirt. Either way, it was a move that didn't need to happen, least not on the 1st lap and corner...

 

[Downhill Dino]

Loving the blind Toyota fanboyism about Lotterer at the start, the Toyota forced him off...

Nay! He went for an opening that didn't exist! It was an unnecessary move that wouldn't have gotten him anything.

 

[DesertPenguin]

"Constant abuse track limits". Constant. You're not gonna away with it, jeez...